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That's a complicated legal problem:flyer wrote:Both myself and my wife are Singaporean nationals living in the UK.
We had a child born in the UK in August 2010. Both my wife and myself have Indefinite Leave to Remain when our child was born.
It is clear to us that under the British Nationality Act 1981 our child is a British citizen because his parents were both legally settled in the UK at the time of his birth. (Ref: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... territory/)
I have the following questions:
1) We intend to register the child as a Singaporean national at the Singaporean High Commissioner in London, and subsequently aquire a Singaporean passport for him. How does this affect his status as a British citizen?
2) If the child then travels using his Singaporean passport and returns to the UK with his Singaporean passport accompanied by one his parents (who has Indefinite Leave), under which provision will the child be admitted into the UK? And how will this affect the child's status as a British citizen?
A follow-on question:As a matter of principle, a passport is not needed to enter a citizen's home country. The purpose of a passport is to allow travel to foreign countries.
Therefore, in principle, your child is entitled to enter the UK even without a UK passport, provided that you can prove that the child is a British citizen. In your case it is pretty easy: the child was born to parents who hold an ILR.
I don't understand: if you wish to keep the two nationalities, why don't you issue him a British passport ???flyer wrote:Thank you everybody for your replies.
I am fully aware that Spore does not allow dual-citizenship.
I know I am being a bit cheeky here, but I do not want my baby to lose his British citizenship because I have applied for a Sporean passport for him - he might decide when he reaches legal age that he prefers to be British rather than Sporean!
A follow-on question:As a matter of principle, a passport is not needed to enter a citizen's home country. The purpose of a passport is to allow travel to foreign countries.
Therefore, in principle, your child is entitled to enter the UK even without a UK passport, provided that you can prove that the child is a British citizen. In your case it is pretty easy: the child was born to parents who hold an ILR.
Assuming we go ahead with my baby's Sporean passport, what stamp will the immigration officer at Border control put on his brand spanking new Sporean passport when he re-enters the UK?
Or will my baby be just waived past because he is British, even though he is holding a Sporean passport (as UK allow dual-nationality)? And like you said above, it is vey simple to prove that he is British because his Sporean passport will state that he was born in UK and his parents has ILR in their passports!
fill up NS form, cost about 80 GBP that will be proof of his nationality status.with it I`m sure they will let him into UKflyer wrote:Thank you everybody for your replies.
I am fully aware that Spore does not allow dual-citizenship.
I know I am being a bit cheeky here, but I do not want my baby to lose his British citizenship because I have applied for a Sporean passport for him - he might decide when he reaches legal age that he prefers to be British rather than Sporean!
A follow-on question:As a matter of principle, a passport is not needed to enter a citizen's home country. The purpose of a passport is to allow travel to foreign countries.
Therefore, in principle, your child is entitled to enter the UK even without a UK passport, provided that you can prove that the child is a British citizen. In your case it is pretty easy: the child was born to parents who hold an ILR.
Assuming we go ahead with my baby's Sporean passport, what stamp will the immigration officer at Border control put on his brand spanking new Sporean passport when he re-enters the UK?
Or will my baby be just waived past because he is British, even though he is holding a Sporean passport (as UK allow dual-nationality)? And like you said above, it is vey simple to prove that he is British because his Sporean passport will state that he was born in UK and his parents has ILR in their passports!
See also Dual citizenship.nax_72 wrote:Singapore does not allow dual citizenship. If I were you and if I prefer UK passport for the baby I will straight away register the child as a British and get a British passport and forget about Singaporean citizenship.